And please while you are at it, un-bold it 
Seconding this request.
Topic: The Thai Baht (฿) has always been the most frequently used Bitcoin symbol right? - page 6. (Read 30401 times)
October 05, 2012, 04:15:13 AM
Seconding this request.
October 04, 2012, 11:51:19 PM
The B double vertical strokes is a Unicode symbol? What is its code? I can't find it on any list of Unicode symbols (maybe I'm not looking in the right place?).
Yep. Unicode defines symbols like this using "combining" characters (the "already combined" characters exist only for compatibility with legacy encodings such as Latin-1), so for B⃦ you do:This works to some extent for all possible combinations (apparently some people are getting blocks, though?).From there, fonts can specialize with "ligatures" (renderings that represent a sequence of characters) - which is where things can definitely use improvement.
October 04, 2012, 10:10:45 PM
Is the "TC" supposed to actually be invisible? I see it as "B⃦TC"
Sounds like your browser is ignoring parts of my webfont, likely in violation of standards.
Anyone know how to fix this?
Hey don't tell me there are browsers that violate standards!!!!1!!
I guess using Ƀ could fix that issue.
Ok, you made that font with T and C having 0pt/px/cm width. Can you try 1px instead? My guess is that konqueror tries to fix missing letters and a 1px letter would most likely not trigger such a "fix" but with the letter being invisible it would still yield almost the same result.
And please while you are at it, un-bold it
October 04, 2012, 08:14:34 PM
Is the "TC" supposed to actually be invisible? I see it as "B⃦TC"
Sounds like your browser is ignoring parts of my webfont, likely in violation of standards.
Anyone know how to fix this?
October 04, 2012, 07:44:34 PM
This is a bad idea, because the browser isn't guaranteed to copy the invisible TC.
Are you sure? The characters are "visible", but the font defines them to have zero width. October 04, 2012, 07:19:04 PM
This is a bad idea, because the browser isn't guaranteed to copy the invisible TC.
Are you sure? The characters are "visible", but the font defines them to have zero width."B⃦" alone is shown by Chromium and Firefox.
Konqueror displays ฿ and Ƀ right but I have the same problem with BTC. Interesting. For me, it's really narrowing down to either ฿ or Ƀ then.
October 04, 2012, 06:58:44 PM
This is a bad idea, because the browser isn't guaranteed to copy the invisible TC.
Are you sure? The characters are "visible", but the font defines them to have zero width."B⃦" alone is shown by Chromium and Firefox.
October 04, 2012, 06:51:45 PM
This is a bad idea, because the browser isn't guaranteed to copy the invisible TC.
Are you sure? The characters are "visible", but the font defines them to have zero width.Then there is something wrong with your system. Here on my standard Windows 7 64bit with 8GB RAM it displays just fine.
(Ok, seriously, are you talking about this: BTC? So either it should load the Webfont resulting in BTC being displayed as "B with decoration", "invisible T", "invisible C" or your w3c/lynx on a non-unicode console should just display BTC … or your smart browser decides that there is something wrong with letters that have zero width so it defaults to another font. Which browser are you using?)
October 04, 2012, 06:45:21 PM
This is a bad idea, because the browser isn't guaranteed to copy the invisible TC.
Are you sure? The characters are "visible", but the font defines them to have zero width.
October 04, 2012, 06:17:17 PM
Anyways, we generally use the Thai Baht for Bitcoins, right?
฿ <- that right there
฿ <- that right there
Please, whatever the heck you use as a symbol for Bitcoin, DON'T PICK SOMETHING ALREADY IN USE FOR A CURRENCY. Such an ambiguous symbol is a horrible choice! Please come to your senses and STOP USING IT.
There's no value in a consensus that's reached with brains off. Use the @ for all I care, BTC is fine, so are Unicode hacks, just not something that's asking for trouble!
I'm going to put this in my sig for a bit, just to make a point.
Wow! Calm down! There are many contracts done in Dollar, Peso, Brazilian real, Nicaraguan córdoba, Tongan paʻanga, Cape Verdean escudo, Portuguese escudo and none of the involved countries ever got any of the others into legal trouble about the $ sign.
$ (disambiguation)
October 04, 2012, 06:14:56 PM
Guys, just use a thai butt
the us dollar is sometimes drawn with two vertical lines, i heard it's from the early days of a u being superimposed on to the S for US
we use a B with two slashes but the most commonly working computer symbol only has one, just like a dollar, yet more proof bitcoins are a real currency
the us dollar is sometimes drawn with two vertical lines, i heard it's from the early days of a u being superimposed on to the S for US
we use a B with two slashes but the most commonly working computer symbol only has one, just like a dollar, yet more proof bitcoins are a real currency
October 04, 2012, 06:10:40 PM
How about Bitcoin, the currency of unconditional love: ❤256
used by villages.cc (a simple ripple implementation) already
October 04, 2012, 06:01:16 PM
Anyways, we generally use the Thai Baht for Bitcoins, right?
฿ <- that right there
฿ <- that right there
Please, whatever the heck you use as a symbol for Bitcoin, DON'T PICK SOMETHING ALREADY IN USE FOR A CURRENCY. Such an ambiguous symbol is a horrible choice! Please come to your senses and STOP USING IT.
There's no value in a consensus that's reached with brains off. Use the @ for all I care, BTC is fine, so are Unicode hacks, just not something that's asking for trouble!
I'm going to put this in my sig for a bit, just to make a point.
Wow! Calm down! There are many contracts done in Dollar, Peso, Brazilian real, Nicaraguan córdoba, Tongan paʻanga, Cape Verdean escudo, Portuguese escudo and none of the involved countries ever got any of the others into legal trouble about the $ sign.
$ (disambiguation)
October 04, 2012, 05:59:05 PM
You guys... where can I get these fonts 
All I see is the baht and the "currency symbol." The rest are boxes and B-boxes.
I didn't need to "get a font". Ubuntu 12.04, works out of the box. What OS are you using?All I see is the baht and the "currency symbol." The rest are boxes and B-boxes.
We use Ƀ
Great, another box. Seriously wtf is wrong with my system?I didn't need to "get a font". Ubuntu 12.04, works out of the box. What OS are you using?
Doesn't work for me. Ubuntu 12.04 32bit with Firefox, fresh install as of today, and most of these fonts are a b-box, except for ฿ and Ƀ.
Anyways, we generally use the Thai Baht for Bitcoins, right?
฿ <- that right there
฿ <- that right there
Please, whatever the heck you use as a symbol for Bitcoin, DON'T PICK SOMETHING ALREADY IN USE FOR A CURRENCY. Such an ambiguous symbol is a horrible choice! Please come to your senses and STOP USING IT.
There's no value in a consensus that's reached with brains off. Use the @ for all I care, BTC is fine, so are Unicode hacks, just not something that's asking for trouble!
I'm going to put this in my sig for a bit, just to make a point.
October 04, 2012, 05:13:04 PM
Anyways, we generally use the Thai Baht for Bitcoins, right?
฿ <- that right there
฿ <- that right there
Please, whatever the heck you use as a symbol for Bitcoin, DON'T PICK SOMETHING ALREADY IN USE FOR A CURRENCY. Such an ambiguous symbol is a horrible choice! Please come to your senses and STOP USING IT.
There's no value in a consensus that's reached with brains off. Use the @ for all I care, BTC is fine, so are Unicode hacks, just not something that's asking for trouble!
I'm going to put this in my sig for a bit, just to make a point.
October 04, 2012, 04:54:04 PM
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Websites and websites, I want bitcoin symbol in my text files, dammit!
October 04, 2012, 04:19:44 PM
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Websites and websites, I want bitcoin symbol in my text files, dammit!Picture is worth a thousand words (should be mentioned, no problems with for ฿ and Ƀ):
What you propose is an interesting hack, not a reliable solution. It creates more problems than is trying to fix. If it works on your machine, it's an exception, not the rule. But maybe there is an opportunity for you among The Bitcoin Corp gang, in hardware division, selling certified bitcoin machines capable of displaying the symbol properly.
Also,
I am now on a completely different computer than yesterday. Your B-Box now shows up as a B with two feet.
I have also had a look at your B-Box via Chrome on a GNex with Jelly Bean. Your B-Box there shows up as a B. Just a B.
I have also had a look at your B-Box via Chrome on a GNex with Jelly Bean. Your B-Box there shows up as a B. Just a B.
Doesn't work for me. Ubuntu 12.04 32bit with Firefox, fresh install as of today, and most of these fonts are a b-box, except for ฿ and Ƀ.
October 04, 2012, 03:58:44 PM
This is a bad idea, because the browser isn't guaranteed to copy the invisible TC.
Are you sure? The characters are "visible", but the font defines them to have zero width.
100 BTC
And got:
100 B
This is only an issue when the only thing copied is the price tag, as the TC is copied properly if the selection encompasses what's after it too.
Just tried it again to be sure, taking care to only copy the tag and not any whitespaces before or after.
Pasted into an ANSI document.
Autoresolves to BTC without a hitch.
October 04, 2012, 03:49:42 PM
This is a bad idea, because the browser isn't guaranteed to copy the invisible TC.
Are you sure? The characters are "visible", but the font defines them to have zero width.
100 BTC
And got:
100 B
This is only an issue when the only thing copied is the price tag, as the TC is copied properly if the selection encompasses what's after it too.
Just tried it again to be sure, taking care to only copy the tag and not any whitespaces before or after.
Pasted into an ANSI document.
Autoresolves to BTC without a hitch.
October 04, 2012, 03:45:59 PM
This is a bad idea, because the browser isn't guaranteed to copy the invisible TC.
Are you sure? The characters are "visible", but the font defines them to have zero width.
100 BTC
And got:
100 B
This is only an issue when the only thing copied is the price tag, as the TC is copied properly if the selection encompasses what's after it too.
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